Current UMO News

Ruslana Kharkovenko, a professor at Vinnytsia medical school who also taught master classes in the previous two international student conferences, is being recommended by UMO to receive training in whole person medical care in England this month at the Partners in International Medical Education (PRIME). We are praying that the principles will then be taught…

It has been well worth the wait — we have recently received the video report of the 9th International Christian Conference for Young Medical Professionals that took place in Vinnytsia last October. Our videographer Sergey Burlaka has been with us since the beginning and has become a good friend in the process. He loves helping…

During the last three years since we moved our home base back to the United States, we have become increasingly aware of the great spiritual need in North America. The United States has become more divided not only politically but spiritually as well. Regardless of your faith, we find the sacred/secular divide growing ever wider.…

Hot on the heels of Prayer Week Europe followed Prayer Week North America 2019. Jim’s return from Ukraine on Saturday January 12 was delayed by an unscheduled overnight stay in Toronto causing barely enough time to unpack and do laundry before repacking and driving north to the FaHoLo conference center (Faith, Hope, Love) in Grasslake,…

Prayer Week is a gathering of healthcare workers in regions around the world initially started by Healthcare Christian Fellowship International over 15 years ago to bring like-minded people together for a week of prayer to seek God’s leading in the medical field, both individually and collectively. The week is not spent talking about prayer but…

We are so happy with our new prayer card…and it marks the beginning of our missions conferences for 2018. Thank you, Laura Brown, for your help in putting this together and a big thanks to Minutemen Press in Mason OH for their quick turnaround! We are currently in Birmingham AL at the MISSIONS on PURPOSE…

Wow! We have just concluded an amazing weekend with our board of directors. We are thankful to have men and women help guide us through the growing ministry of UMO. Also thankful to have had the book NO MAN’S LAND recommended to us last month. Working through the questions in the beginning chapters greatly focused…

December 1. World AIDS Day. As much as HIV/AIDS seems to be on the decrease in Africa and other areas, we are sadly aware that this disease is on the increase in Ukraine. The stigma associated with HIV in Ukraine is so strong that many people will simply not be tested, even if they are…

How much can one unpack in one short day? Fortunately, we were able to find kitchen utensils and could actually prepare a lunch with proper measurements! We even could sit at our kitchen table to enjoy our first meal in our new home…another first for us that was also a first for Tanya! That evening…

So much has taken place in our past few months that I am kicking myself for not writing daily! There is no way to catch up on ALL that has happened, but I will give some highlights over the next days! We have moved our official USA home address from Maryland to Ohio. The Ukraine…